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(c)Cricinfo en-gb http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/espnci.png http://www.espncricinfo.com/ In the face of so much expectation, Joe Root delivered when his side needed him and when his home crowd were so willing him to http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-new-zealand-2013/content/story/637769.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-new-zealand-2013/content/story/637769.html Sun, 26 May 2013 08:39:49 GMT Yorkshire have a new man at the helm and he is quickly confronting the challenges of hosting international cricket, but knows the club also has to help itself http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-new-zealand-2013/content/story/637624.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-new-zealand-2013/content/story/637624.html Sat, 25 May 2013 08:18:02 GMT Headingley still evokes memories of Kevin Pietersen's 2012 outburst but it now offers a further audition for his post-reintegration understudies http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-new-zealand-2013/content/story/637409.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-new-zealand-2013/content/story/637409.html Thu, 23 May 2013 18:09:29 GMT Joe Root is not just the most exciting young England batsman around, this week he is also a marketing executive's dream http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-new-zealand-2013/content/story/637223.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-new-zealand-2013/content/story/637223.html Thu, 23 May 2013 17:24:49 GMT Brendon McCullum is not the sort to shirk a challenge so when BJ Watling was ruled out of the second Test at Headingley he wasted little time in deciding to take up the gloves http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-new-zealand-2013/content/story/637217.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-new-zealand-2013/content/story/637217.html Wed, 22 May 2013 16:15:43 GMT The last time Somerset lost a Championship match at Taunton, the ground rang to raucous Lancastrian celebrations. This time it was deserted as Middlesex unexpectedly escaped the showers to pull off a three-day victory http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/636504.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/636504.html Sat, 18 May 2013 18:25:52 GMT http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/636308.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/636308.html Thu, 16 May 2013 21:29:49 GMT New Zealand have accepted they must manage the later stages of Daniel Vettori's career with care after he was ruled out of the Headingley Test http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-new-zealand-2013/content/story/637408.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-new-zealand-2013/content/story/637408.html Thu, 23 May 2013 18:35:41 GMT Jamie Overton's four wickets against Middlesex brought hope to Somerset supporters that their talented yet unfulfilled side will be replenished http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/636105.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/636105.html Wed, 15 May 2013 20:33:07 GMT Matt Prior has increasingly been hailed as England's ultimate team man, but for once he is celebrating an individual achievement. Prior has been named as England's cricketer of the year http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/635735.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/635735.html Tue, 14 May 2013 12:10:42 GMT Adil Rashid made an unbeaten hundred and proclaimed he and Yorkshire were 'getting along nicely' after a difficult period http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/634592.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/634592.html Wed, 08 May 2013 11:53:06 GMT His young features bely a grown-up temperament and steely focus that prompted England to test Joe Root's leadership credentials http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-new-zealand-2013/content/story/634564.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-new-zealand-2013/content/story/634564.html Wed, 08 May 2013 11:46:55 GMT Graham Napier played one of his best innings to guide Essex over the line against Hampshire and provide coach Paul Grayson with some much-needed respite http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/633460.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/633460.html Wed, 01 May 2013 22:11:35 GMT Graham Napier gave Essex a first-innings lead with a lower-order half-century to put his side on top at Chelmsford http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/633220.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/633220.html Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:50:49 GMT Joe Root produced arguably the most substantial innings of his fledgling career to banish the pessimism that had fallen prematurely upon Yorkshire's season http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/632688.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/632688.html Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:37:46 GMT Jonny Bairstow dropped a catch that proved costly as Mark Stoneman scored a hundred to leave Yorkshire a tough final day http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/632520.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/632520.html Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:17:57 GMT Graham Onions claimed a five-wicket haul on a shortened day to hand Durham a useful 60-run lead over Yorkshire http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/632280.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/632280.html Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:54:32 GMT Tim Bresnan took 4 for 41 on his first outing since elbow surgery but Phil Mustard's breezy 70 prevented Yorkshire taking full control http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/632064.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/632064.html Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:45:19 GMT Graeme Hick, one of the greatest batting enigmas in England's history, has been called up to sort out the mindsets of young Australia batsmen increasingly wedded to Twenty20 cricket. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/631456.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/631456.html Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:58:21 GMT Can't love it, can't quite ignore it, and the fact that it is pitted against county cricket only confuses matters further http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/630904.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/630904.html Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:38:56 GMT